Three held for alleged extortion, assault

Three men have been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing three people with broken bottles during a fight over money.
Adewale Olayanju, 23, Adeyemo Adebayo, 26, and Gbenga Ilesanmi, 26, all apprentices, live at Ogba in Ikeja area of Lagos.
They are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, assault, breach of peace and stealing.
The accused, according to the prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, committed the offences on February 1 at Orimolade on College Road, Ogba, at about 9 p.m.
Ogu said the accused waylaid the complainants, Simeon Taiwo, Dotun Sagbe and Yusuf Teslim, on their way from work.
“The accused blocked the road and was collecting money from people that wanted to pass.
“The complainants refused to give them money and that led to a fight,” he told the court.
During the fight, Ogu said the accused stabbed the complainants with broken bottles on their heads, faces and necks.
He alleged that the accused also stole N35,000 and a phone from the complainants.
The offence contravened Sections 166,171,285 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
Chief Magistrate Taiwo Akanni granted the accused N250,000 bail with two sureties each in the like sum.
The case was adjourned to March 1.